SINGAPORE — Recent developments in curbing high levels of forest loss around the world, particularly in the tropics, are promising. They are significant because deforestation, including the clearing of trees from peat swamps in Southeast Asia, is the biggest source of global warming emissions from h. . .

Local people involved in efforts to protect forests may not receive money in cash since the government's ongoing forest carbon scheme pilot projects did not use a cash handout system.

Forestry Ministry director for environmental services Tony Suhartono said the government had not settled . . .

Remember the 1965 Beatles song Norwegian Wood? It’s about a girl whose house was decorated with cheap pine from Norway. Calling the song Cheap Pine wouldn’t have been very romantic, but Norwegian Wood has an expensive and, well, “woody” feel to it. She leads her suitor on, only to say, “no, no, no”,. . .

The government says it has identified four forests to host potential pilot projects as part of a billion-dollar agreement signed by Indonesia and Norway to protect the country's natural forests and peatlands.

The forests are in East Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Papua and Riau. The governm. . .

The government’s plan to impose a moratorium on the development of peatland and primary forest areas as a follow-up to a conservation agreement with Norway has prompted the palm oil plantation business community to ask for official clarity on which areas can and cannot be developed.

“We s. . .

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is away to attend the Oslo Climate and Forestry Conference (May 26-27). The discussion on the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) Plus scheme will be dominating the meeting.

Indonesia is hoping this conference will clarify aspect. . .

Enlist NGOs. Engage local governments and local people. Turn loggers and planters into partners.

These are three of numerous possible actions President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono can take in light of a new Indonesia-Norway partnership to reduce deforestation.

To its credit, the Y. . .

An international conference on climate change and forests, held recently in Oslo, Norway, has agreed to provide US billion in assistance to Indonesia to protect the country’s tropical rainforests.

This conference specifically talked about mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestatio. . .

An international conference on climate change and forests, held recently in Oslo, Norway, has agreed to provide US billion in assistance to Indonesia to protect the country’s tropical rainforests.

This conference specifically talked about mechanisms to reduce emissions from deforestatio. . .

An agreement signed by the Norwegian and Indonesian governments in Oslo in late May presents the country with big opportunities — as well as challenges — to implement the UN’s Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation Plus (REDD Plus) program.

Norway’s grant of US bil. . .